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1959 studio album by The J. J. Johnson Sextet
Really Livin is an album recorded by the J. J. Johnson Sextet which was released on the Columbia label.[1][2][3]
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AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.[4]
- "Me Too" (J. J. Johnson) - 6:00
- "Decision" (Sonny Rollins) - 4:50
- "I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster)[5] - 4:10
- "Red Cross" (Charlie Parker) - 2:45
- "Almost Like Being in Love" (Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner) - 4:45
- "Stardust" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish) - 4:10
- "Sidewinder" (Johnson) - 7:05
- "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 5:18
- "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 6:27
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed July 18, 2016
- ^ Watts, R., Callahan, M., Edwards, D. and Eyries, P. Columbia Main Series, Part 9: CL 1300-1399 (1959-1960), accessed July 18, 2016
- ^ The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions - Liner Notes, accessed July 18, 2016
- ^ a b Really Livin' – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Duke Ellington: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)". AllMusic. n.d. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
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With Kai Winding | |
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Albums as sideman or arranger/ composer |
- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley (1955)
- Sayin' Somethin' (Nat Adderley, 1966)
- The Soul of the City (Manny Albam, 1966)
- Basie Jam (Count Basie, 1973)
- The Bosses (Count Basie/"Big Joe" Turner, 1973)
- Night Song (Kenny Burrell, 1969)
- I'm Tryin' to Get Home (Donald Byrd, 1964)
- New York Slick (Ron Carter, 1979)
- Birth of the Cool (Miles Davis, 1949–50)
- Young Man with a Horn/Miles Davis Volume 1/Miles Davis Volume 2 (1952)
- Summertime (Paul Desmond, 1968)
- Afro-Cuban (Kenny Dorham, 1955)
- At the Opera House (Ella Fitzgerald, 1957)
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1949)
- Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (Dizzy Gillespie, 1951)
- Afro (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Dizzy and Strings (Dizzy Gillespie, 1954)
- Perceptions (Dizzy Gillespie, a/c only, 1960)
- The Modern Touch (Benny Golson, 1957)
- The Hawk Flies High (Coleman Hawkins, 1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- And Then Again (Elvin Jones, 1965)
- The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music (John Lewis, 1955)
- The Big Band (Jimmy McGriff, 1966)
- Happenings (Hank Jones & Oliver Nelson, 1966)
- Encyclopedia of Jazz (Oliver Nelson, 1965–66)
- Nine Flags (Chico O'Farrill, 1966)
- Charlie Parker on Dial (1947)
- Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (1957)
- Alfie (Sonny Rollins, 1966)
- Carnival of the Spirits (Moacir Santos, 1975)
- New Fantasy (Lalo Schifrin, 1964)
- Once a Thief and Other Themes (Lalo Schifrin, 1965)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
- Sonny Stitt Plays Arrangements from the Pen of Quincy Jones (1955)
- The Matadors Meet the Bull (Sonny Stitt, 1965)
- What's New!!! (Sonny Stitt, 1966)
- Joyride (Stanley Turrentine, 1965)
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As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers | |
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With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet | |
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With Eddie Harris | |
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With Billy Higgins | |
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With Milt Jackson | |
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With Etta James | |
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With Clifford Jordan | |
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With Blue Mitchell | |
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With Houston Person | |
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With others |
- God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
- Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973)
- Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977)
- Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967)
- The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73)
- Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981)
- Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72)
- Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971)
- Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959)
- Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967)
- The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968)
- This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958)
- Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959)
- It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967)
- Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961)
- Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972)
- Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972)
- Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978)
- Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
- The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961)
- Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962)
- Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966)
- Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961)
- Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962)
- The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963)
- Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991)
- Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978)
- Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982)
- Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960)
- Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986)
- Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
- Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978)
- Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974)
- Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77)
- First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967)
- Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959)
- Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967)
- From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968)
- Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968)
- Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968)
- The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968)
- The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961)
- Sonny Red (1971)
- Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983)
- For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
- Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69)
- Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976)
- Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
- Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972)
- I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973)
- Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969)
- Up Front (David Williams, 1986)
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